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IRS Official Involved in an Obama-Era Tea Party Scandal Is Quietly Running a Key Tax Division
Daily Caller ^ | Mar 27, 2025 | Nick Pope

Posted on 03/27/2025 10:31:29 AM PDT by RushingWater

A government watchdog group is calling for the job of an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) official who played a part in a major-Obama era scandal at the agency before being promoted by the Biden administration now runs a key division of the tax collection agency.

Holly Paz was former IRS Commissioner Lois Lerner’s top deputy at the agency as Lerner and the Obama IRS allegedly targeted political opponents, and she is currently listed on the IRS website as the commissioner of the agency’s Large Business and International Division. The American Accountability Foundation (AAF) — a right-of-center government watchdog group — called for Paz’s job given her connections to an infamous instance of the federal government treating American taxpayers differently based on political affiliation, according to a letter sent Thursday to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation.

“The American Accountability Foundation has launched an investigation into the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for issues pertaining to partisanship and its continued targeting of conservatives,” AAF wrote in its letter to Bessent. “Our first finding of this investigation is that the former top deputy to Louis Lerner — Holly Paz — regained a high-ranking position within the IRS during the Biden Administration. Paz was placed on leave and ousted from her role at the IRS in 2013 amid allegations she targeted conservative organizations seeking tax-exempt status.”


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2013; aaf; hollypaz; irs; irsscandal; lerner; loislerner; obama; obamaadm; scandal; teaparty; warontheteaparty
Hopefully Holly Paz will be history at the IRS soon.
1 posted on 03/27/2025 10:31:29 AM PDT by RushingWater
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To: RushingWater

Yes.

The kitchen is presently gonna get hot for this female dog.


2 posted on 03/27/2025 10:36:38 AM PDT by kiryandil (No one in AZ that voted for Trump voted for Gallego )
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To: RushingWater

She needs to smell the coffee now and retire to spend more time with her family.


3 posted on 03/27/2025 10:38:06 AM PDT by Enterprise ( These people have no honor, no belief, no poetry, no art, no humor, no patriotism.)
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To: GOPJ; poconopundit; Jane Long; Diana in Wisconsin; Grampa Dave; Godzilla; Vaduz; null and void; ...

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4 posted on 03/27/2025 10:56:36 AM PDT by Liz (This then is how we should pray...."Our Father, who art in heaven......")
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To: RushingWater

Flush the POS!


5 posted on 03/27/2025 10:56:45 AM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is rabble-rising Sam Adams now that we need him? Is his name Trump, now?)
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To: RushingWater

El Salvador prison for her.


6 posted on 03/27/2025 10:58:30 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: RushingWater

bttt


7 posted on 03/27/2025 11:01:15 AM PDT by timestax
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To: RushingWater

“A government watchdog group is calling for the job...”

I’d rather they call for her HEAD!


8 posted on 03/27/2025 11:14:13 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (PDJT doesn’t just walk through the Valley of the Shadow of Death. He swaggers.)
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To: RushingWater

Is there a new IRS commissioner yet?


9 posted on 03/27/2025 11:17:20 AM PDT by citizen (Political incrementalism is like compound interest for liberals - every little bit adds up.)
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To: RushingWater

“...Lerner was actively engaged in the attempted cover-up of IRS misconduct. In July 2016, we revealed that both Lerner and Paz , knew the agency was specifically targeting “Tea Party” and other conservative organizations two full years before disclosing it to Congress and the public. They also knew donor lists of tax-exempt organizations were being used to target those donors for audits .

After refusing to acknowledge the targeting, the IRS was forced by Judicial Watch to finally admit that the agency had used “inappropriate political labels” to screen the tax-exempt applications of conservative organizations. IRS agents were targeting organizations requesting tax-exempt status based on “ guilt by association ” and “party affiliation.” We brought to light the fact that the IRS was going to require 501(c)(4) nonprofit organizations to restrict their alleged political activities in exchange for “expedited consideration” of their tax-exempt applications....”


10 posted on 03/27/2025 11:46:37 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustmilents offered here free of charge)
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To: RushingWater

Sounds like another bogus Obama Biden donor club member found out.

NEVER trust a democrat with anything REPEAT and often.


11 posted on 03/27/2025 11:53:52 AM PDT by Vaduz
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To: null and void; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; kalee; Kale; AZ .44 MAG; Baynative; bgill; bitt; ...

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12 posted on 03/27/2025 12:12:11 PM PDT by bitt (<img src=' 'width=30%>)
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To: SuperLuminal

DOGE HER ASS


13 posted on 03/27/2025 4:24:12 PM PDT by slapshot ( GOPE republipussies are more dangerous than deranged progressives.)
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To: slapshot

These pathetic parasites are REALLY needing a bit of FIND OUT.


14 posted on 03/27/2025 5:44:59 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: citizen

Bkmk Holly Paz


15 posted on 03/28/2025 7:26:02 AM PDT by ptsal (Vote R.E.D. >>>Remove Every Democrat ***)
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